New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-31
DELAY IN REMOVING DEAD HORSES
is THERE DANGER OF A PEsTILENCE'

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SLOW IN GOING TO
WORK AT THE BURNED STABLES.
Three men with watering cans were trying yesterday
TO dsnfect the remains OF the LOO horses Durcd on
Friday morning in the Belt Line stables Mt Tentha
and Fifty.thir,l-st few workmen throwing the
bricks ont OF Fiftythirdst in order 10 clear passage
way and few hremen were tearing down wall on
Fifty-fourthst Thousands Of persons were watching
the OPERATION and wondering who was responsible Tor
the failure to remove promptly the carcasses OF INC
horses The smell was faint on the west side OF the
ruins the morning but under the effects OF the sun IN
the afternoon the odor perccptiby increased notwth
standing disnfecting efforts of the company The
residents of the teeming tenementhouses which sur
round the place begin to realize the danger OF an cpl
dcmic and the Health Department was roundy abused
for not attending TO the matter
Vice-Prcsident Wyman OF the railroad company said
that barge was he furnished by the Health Depart
ment today and its ofa contractors will then begin
operations Police Justice Andy White is largely in
erested in the contract out Of which he is said 10
have made fortune good deal Of which he spent
irving To get himself elected Sheriff II he moves 80
slowly when he begins 10 remove the cacasses OF the
dead horses as has done In preparing 10 begin will
take him week or two at least clear out the ruins.
In the meantime II the weather should he warm rs
was last week the vicinity OF the burned car stanes VIII
be n good place 20 keep away nom. But th' poor
people In the neghDof1ng ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIII h''c "
The railroad company had 800 horses the city yes
country II has ordered thirty more ears ana u hhd NJ
in operation yesterday The burned rlanes are 20
be rebuilt a once aud operations resumed rs rapidly hs
possible The company Will nsk the Common Councli iof
authority 10 Use cable instead Of horses, though IL
may conclude 10 electricity. II claims the righ To 40
so without the sanction OF the Adcrinen hui prefers 10
obtain their consent Some OF the Aldermen hANo
already been milking suggestive Inquiries "a TO 10"
much there I'm this thing" Tho failure In III" lHgs
laure of the bill which granted permission 10 stree; ta
road companies To change their motive power on cotcn
of the interested propcrt yOwncrs ana the Mayor WEI
enable the Aldermen keep hold on the companies
The railroad officials soon 10 inspect the cdDIc anu
electric systems for surface roads. There nave ptch
eleven electric street car lines Established IN lnS
country In years. and fourteen Other lines are nu"
contract for equipment by electrical motors wc forty
companies have been organized IN other towns ana cues
10 operate lines by electricity Although improvements
are being made all tho time II Is claimed that Tie use Il"
electricity for motive power under such circumstances
has passed beyond the experimental stage. IN bal
more where Zinc has been running for some time 10y
electrical motors II Is claimed That the cost Is only about
onchalf that OF hOrscpovc while the ability 10 accom-
nOdate crowds Ia unlimited The facts already DSOIe
the Belt Line officials make them fnvoraby inclined
try early possible the experiment of using eicc
tricty for "A motive power.